08-01-2018 13:57 via wbrz.com

Effort to kill spider with torch causes apartment fire

REDDING, CA- An attempt to torch a large spider at a California apartment is forcing residents to move out.Fire officials say one of the men who lives in the apartment found the spider in an upstairs bedroom. In an effort to kill it, the resident set the arachnid ablaze with a torch lighter.The burning spider scurried to a mattress, which quickly caught fire and spread to the window curtains."It was a large wolf spider," the man's caregiver said.The residents tried to put the fire out with a ga
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